fine art Archives - Blackpool Social Club

11 Jul

Exhibition Review: Sandra Openshaw at Tea Amantes

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsart exhibition, blackpool art scene, drawings, fine art, paintings

Sandra Openshaw returns with a second exhibition at Tea Amantes cafe and gallery. David Simper caught the service 61 bus to check out the show opening and see how things had moved on since his review of the first exhibition. Sandra Openshaw's work is a set of finely honed images of great pictorial quality using a range of materials, including charcoal, pastel, watercolour and ink. Subjects include picturesque buildings from foreign locations, animals and flowers. One might say that these are traditional subjects, but they are executed with aplomb and love. The colour palette is carefully selected so that these…

Print’s Not Dead: Inaugural fair draws together local talent

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsart fair, blackpool arts scene, fine art, print fair, Winter Gardens

The inaugural Blackpool Print Fair saw a huge breadth of local talent selling affordable art. We popped along to chat to the artists about their work. On Saturday 28th October 2023 the Blackpool Creative Markets hosted this fine event at the Winter Gardens. I caught the service 61 bus to find out what it was all about. On entering from Church Street and through the Floral Hall, I found the stalls set up and the crowds beginning to build. Blackpool Creative Market is a pop up event that aims to showcase the very best independent artistic talent working on the…

Open Studio: Sam Jayne Simpson

Laura Green0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, dance, fine art, Music, paintings

With a range of diverse and dynamic artists living and working on the Fylde Coast there is a wealth of creative spaces on our doorsteps that mostly go unnoticed day to day. We often encounter art work on social media or in shops and galleries. It is easy to forget that the final product you see in those digital and physical spaces start their life somewhere and that “somewhere” might just be a little closer to home than you think. Creative people often need to think outside of the box when it comes to finding a space to let their…